Educators equip the next generation with the knowledge and tools needed to achieve a flourishing, equitable, and sustainable future. EcoRise is excited to offer online teacher professional development courses to educators, of all subjects and grades, that equips them with knowledge, skills, and resources to confidently incorporate climate change and related topics into their existing curriculum. Courses are facilitated by instructional leaders with expertise in teaching climate change in schools. Together, we can ensure all students leave high school climate literate and prepared to create a better world.
The courses were originally developed by the K–12 instructional design team at Presidio Graduate School to address the questions and challenges around teaching climate change. In 2023, EcoRise was selected to receive the program through a highly competitive evaluation process and is excited to grow the teacher education courses with more instructional resources. Learn more about the history of the program here.
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Courses Currently Enrolling
Teaching Climate Change Essentials: Starting February 17, 2025
6-week Asynchronous Course with Synchronous Opportunities
A 6-week online course designed to equip current elementary, middle, and high school classroom teachers and educators with knowledge, skills, and resources to integrate climate change into their existing curriculum, regardless of their grade level or subject area. Synchronous webinars are held three times in this course, but teachers can view the webinar recording if they are unable to join live. Upon completion, 18 hours of continuing education credit will be offered.
Course Objectives:
- Explain the fundamentals of climate science literacy.
- Analyze how climate change impacts the planet and people, especially people in marginalized communities.
- Discover and adapt curricula and resources for use in classrooms & design entry points for existing K–12 curricula.
- Compare and contrast climate change solutions that teachers and students might participate in personally, locally, and globally.
Dates
May 4, 2026 – June 14, 2026
Who
All current K–12 classroom teachers and educators
Registration closes April 28, 2026.
Teaching Extreme Weather: Starting March 3, 2025
4-week Asynchronous Course
A 4-week online course that provides current 6th–12th grade science teachers and educators with an opportunity to explore the driving forces behind extreme weather events occurring where they live, the relationship to climate change, and methods to address NGSS standards. Upon completion, 12 hours of continuing education credit will be offered.
Course Objectives:
- Explain the fundamentals of extreme weather.
- Analyze how climate change and extreme weather events are related.
- Explore regional extreme weather events in the U.S.
- Design a lesson or series of lessons that include extreme weather events.
Dates
May 11, 2026 – June 7, 2026
Who
All current 6th–12th grade classroom science teachers and educators
Registration closes May 5, 2026.
Teaching Climate Justice: Starting March 3, 2025
4-week Asynchronous Course
A 4-week online course that gives all current K–12 classroom teachers and educators the opportunity to explore the important topics of climate change and environmental justice. Participants explore the fundamentals of climate change, the history of the environmental and climate justice movements, the inequitable impact of climate change on marginalized communities, and ideas and solutions for how to address climate justice. Upon completion, 12 hours of continuing education credit will be offered.
Course Objectives:
- Explain the fundamentals of climate change, environmental justice, and climate justice.
- Analyze the inequitable impact climate change has on marginalized communities through various online tools.
- Explore local environmental justice knowledge.
- Design a lesson that includes climate justice.
Dates
May 11, 2026 – June 7, 2026
Who
All current K–12 classroom teachers and educators
Registration closes May 5, 2026.
EcoRise is known for providing leading-edge teacher professional development.
We served teachers and students across all 50 U.S. states and in 54 other countries.
During the 2022–2023 school year we served:
9,469
Teachers
4,237
Schools
530,264
